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Tampa Bay residents will soon be able to wash their cars in their driveways and pressure-clean their own homes beginning this weekend.

Citizens in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco Counties had been prevented from doing so ever since The Southwest Florida Water Management Districtâs Governing Board, also known as SwiftMud, called for Phase 4, or critical restrictions because of the ongoing water shortage. But at todayâs meeting in Polk County, they relaxed some of those restrictions.

However, Robyn Felix, a spokesperson for Swiftmud said lawn watering restrictions remain in effect.

Citizens in Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough Counties remain restricted to watering their lawns once a week, between midnight and 4 AM. That includes citizens in Tampa, who this spring were not allowed to irrigate at all for 2 months. That ban ended at the beginning of June.